Sea-Room:
Musical Evenings (1) With The Captain
	by Richard Kapp, Liner notes written by Patrick O'Brian. Performed by Philharmonia Virtuosi Mela and Alexandr Tenenbaum, violins; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Richard Kapp, fortepiano. Compositions included. Locatelli: Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 1 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo, Sonata in C Minor, Op.6, No.5 for Violin and Basso Continuo. Haydn: duet for Violin and Cello in D major. Handel: Eight pieces for Violin and Cello. Boccherini: sonata for Violin and Cello in D Major. LeClair: Sonata in D Minor for 2 Violins and Basso Continu--ESS A. Y, , Music From The Aubrey-maturin Books., . , List Price $16.00, Your price $16.00, Book Number B00258. Go top.
Musical Evenings (2) With The Capt, Vol 2.
	by Richard Kapp, More Music from the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian! Mela Tenenbaum, violin; Richard Kapp, fortepiano; Dorothy Lawson, cello; John Ferrillo, oboe; Richard Brice, viola; Jerry Grossman, cello. MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K.370/368b (The Yellow Admiral); J. S. BACH: Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 (The Ionian Mission); HAYDN: Trio in G Major, Hob.XV:25 (The Wine Dark Sea) ; J. C. BACH: Sonata in D Major for Violin and Keyboard, Op. 16, No. 1 (The Ionian Mission).--ESS A. Y, , , . , List Price $15.00, Your price $15.00, Book Number B00438. Go top.
Geoff Hunt:Portrait of a Marine Artist
	by Sea-vid, This DVD has been call "stunning," "not your typical documentary." First, it's for the Patrick O'Brian Fan. Here's your chance to met Chris Freeman of Mystic; Ken Ringle of the Washington Post; Colin White, author; Starling Lawrence, editor from Norton; and, of course, Geoff Hunt himself. You'll find out from the DVD what suggestions POB had made about the covers, which POB book marks the beginning of the partnership of Geoff and POB, how the entire series got the Geoff Hunt covers. You'll visit Geoff's workshop, his library, and some comments on why and how the great detail in Geoff's work. But the look at Geoff's work in beautiful color is the big reason to view the DVD.--Sea-tv, , A DVD examination of Geoff Hunt's art., DVD. , List Price $29.95, Your price $25.45, Book Number B00164. Go top.
Eyes Of The Fleet; A Popular History Of Frigates And Frigate Captains
	by Anthony Price, An informative, readable history of the most exciting ships in the British navy during its glory days. They had dashing names--Superb, Indefatigable, Arethusy. They inspired the creations of such heroic fictional captains as C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey. Admiral Nelson depended upon them so heavily that he once wrote, "Were I to die at this moment, 'Want of frigates' would be found engraved on my heart." --The Eyes of the Fleet tells the story of the men who worked these ships during their heyday, and recounts with thrilling detail some of the most exciting and influential battles in naval history. This book serves as a valuable reference companion to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series.--W. W. Norton, 1996, Photos And Contemporary Art., . , List Price $25.00, Your price $21.25, Book Number B00244. Go top.
Endurance
	by Frank Worsley, First published in 1931, Endurance tells the full story of that doomed expedition and incredible rescue, as well as relating Frank worsley's further adventures fighting U-boats in the Great War, sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic, and making one final (and successful) assault on the South Pole with Shackleton. It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the entire history of exploration. (See also Worsley's Shackleton's Boat Journey.) A preface by Patrick O'Brian draws special attention to Worsley's devotion ot his friend in both writing the book and their life outside the adventure story.--W. W. Norton, , 20 Illust., 6.1 X 9.3. , List Price $25.95, Your price $14.50, Book Number B00562. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian Omnibus Collection; The
	by Patrick O'Brian, All twenty-one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels collected in five volumes in a slip case. Yes, there will be multiple books between each of the five covers. A perfect gift for the POB and available in October 2004. Advanced orders accepted now. The Complete 20 Aubrey/Maturin Novels in a handsomely bound omnibus edition of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring classics, including three chapters of the unfinished twenty-first novel. These five volumes, beautifully produced and boxed, contain over 7,000 pages of what has often been described as a single, continuous narrative. They are a perfect tribute to such a literary achievement, and a perfect gift for the serious O'Brian enthusiast. The recent release of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World has focused even more attention on the publishing phenomenon of the late Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels about the Royal Navy in the age of Nelson. Now, four years after O'Brian's death, his estate has agreed to release the chapters of the novel he was working on when he died. It is both fitting and moving that in these pages we are given a glimpse of Jack Aubrey raising his admiral's flag at last. October 2004, 5-volume hardcover boxed set, ISBN 0-393-06011-X , 4 7/8" x 8 7/8", 1396 pages each volume.--W. W. Norton, 2004, 1396 pages in each volume, 5x9. , List Price $175.00, Your price $120.00, Book Number B01281. Go top.
Social History of the Navy; The
	by Michael Lewis, This finely researched book is a portrait of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars; in particular, a portrait of the Navy's people, of the officers and men who formed the formidable fighting force made popular by the novels of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian.--Chatham, 2004, 32 Illustrations, 6X9. , List Price $44.95, Your price $35.95, Book Number B00169. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian: The making of the Novelist, 1914-1949
	by Nikolai Tolstoy, A complex, layered portrait of the man considered by many to be the greaest British novelist of the twentieth century. This is the story of Patrick O'Brian's life up to his decision to move to Collioure in the south of France. His childhood; his precocious writing success; his sailing experiences; and the truth behind his first marriage, divorce and name change are set forth with candor and sympathy. Along the way Nikolai Tolstoy reveals the seeds of inspiration that would one day lead to comparisons to Jane Austen and even Homer. Tolstoy was O'Brian's stepson, and their acquaintance lasted forty-five years. He stayed with his mother and O'Brian at their French home and was a frequent correspondent with the reclusive author, discovering facets of his character and creative genius that were hidden from others. Over the years he accumulated a vast collection of the author's papers, correspondence , and notebooks, many of which are reproduced here. On the basis of this trove of original , Tolstoy has written the definitive biography that O'Brian and his admirers deserve.--W. W. Norton, , 16 pages Illus Available Oct 2005, 6.2X9.3. , List Price $29.95, Your price $25.45, Book Number B00182. Go top.
Nelson Against Napoleon: From The Nile To Copenhagen, 1798-1801
	by David Lyon, UNABRIDGED! Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam , and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. Like a vengeful phoenix, Napoleon's armies aggressively pursue his enemies across Europe, attempting to corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive. But Napoleon has a secret plan in train, one only now revealed, to delay the Russians and Austrians, a plan dependent on finding armed support through his conversion to Islam. Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious book yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. O'Brian succeeds in grafting his familiar, ever compelling characters to actions leading to the final defeat of Napoleon.--Naval Institute Press, , 300 Illus., 11.5X9.5. , List Price $49.95, Your price $39.95, Book Number B00440. Go top.
Percival Keene
	by Frederick Marryat, The classic novel that gave rise to the seafaring literary tradition. Before Patrick O'Brian, before C. S. Forester, there was Frederick Marryat. His novels defined the genre and were admired by literary luminaries as diverse as Conrad, Woolf, and Hemingway. Peter Simple, the story of a young naif in Nelson's navy, is Marryat's signature work. Marked by memorable characters, a comic edge, and the kind of unerring detail that comes only from first-hand experience, this is a true masterpiece of the Golden Age of Sail. Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) actually lived the life of a sailor and fighting captain in the Royal Navy. Such was the acclaim upon publication of Peter Simple that he gave up his commission to become a full-time writer.--H. Holt, , , . , List Price $0.00, Your price $0.00, Book Number B00758. Go top.
Marine Art of Geoff Hunt; The
	by Geoff Hunt, Patrick O'Brian wrote: "Geoff Hunt's pictures, perfectly accurate in period and details, but very far from merely representational, are often suffused with a light reminiscent of Canaletto" Geoff Hunt, RSMA, is known to millions of readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the leading marine artists of his generation and his paintings of square-riggers, sea battles and naval operations, as well as deck and port scenes, truly evoke the era and workings of Nelson's Navy and those of its enemies during the `Age of Sail'. The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt, written by the artist himself, presents over 100 paintings and sketches for the first time in a beautifully produced single volume. Geoff Hunt's prolific career, his painting techniques and artistic influences and the trademark meticulous primary research, which contributes to each of his canvases, are examined in a lengthy introduction. This is followed by a series of five copiously illustrated `Case Studies' where the artist explains the initial inspirations, the exploration of source material and the often lengthy artistic progression that leads to the creation of a finished painting. The major part of the volume is dedicated to a plate section focussing on four distinct themes exhibited in the artist's output: Painting Nelson's Navy; The American Revolution; Illustrating the Naval Writers and The Modern Marine Scene.--Conway, , , 12X10. , List Price $45.00, Your price $45.00, Book Number B01256. Go top.
Marine Art of GH-signed.; The
	by Geoff Hunt, A boxed, signed, and numbered edition limited to 250 books. --Patrick O'Brian wrote: "Geoff Hunt's pictures, perfectly accurate in period and details, but very far from merely representational, are often suffused with a light reminiscent of Canaletto" Geoff Hunt, RSMA, is known to millions of readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the leading marine artists of his generation and his paintings of square-riggers, sea battles and naval operations, as well as deck and port scenes, truly evoke the era and workings of Nelson's Navy and those of its enemies during the `Age of Sail'. The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt, written by the artist himself, presents over 100 paintings and sketches for the first time in a beautifully produced single volume. Geoff Hunt's prolific career, his painting techniques and artistic influences and the trademark meticulous primary research, which contributes to each of his canvases, are examined in a lengthy introduction. This is followed by a series of five copiously illustrated `Case Studies' where the artist explains the initial inspirations, the exploration of source material and the often lengthy artistic progression that leads to the creation of a finished painting. The major part of the volume is dedicated to a plate section focussing on four distinct themes exhibited in the artist's output: Painting Nelson's Navy; The American Revolution; Illustrating the Naval Writers and The Modern Marine Scene. --Conway, , Signed, Limited Edition, 12X10. , List Price $175.00, Your price $175.00, Book Number B01257. Go top.
Blue at the Mizzen-signed special edition
	by Patrick O'Brian, A special edition by W. W. Norton signed by Patrick O'Brian, in a slipcase, numbered, limited to 250. The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.--W. W. Norton, , , 6 X9. , List Price $150.00, Your price $150.00, Book Number B00726. Go top.
21: The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series
	by Patrick O'Brian, The incomplete book that POB tolds us about in 1999 as he made his last US tour. Planned for the Christmas gift season, the 21st book is larger than the individual series volume provides his fans with a POB memorial. Starling Lawrence wrote a brief introduction, Richard Snow the "Conclusion," and book 21 presents the manuscript facsimile on one right side of the open book and the printed version on the other. The publisher writes: "The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series. In response to the interest of millions of Patrick O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death are presented here both in printed version-including his corrections to the typescript-and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript to include a duel between Stephen Maturin and an impertinent officer who is courting his fiancée. Of course we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation, his humor, and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end." --W. W. Norton, 2004, 0, 0. , List Price $21.95, Your price $15.35, Book Number B01280. Go top.
Men-of-war: Life In Nelson's Navy
	by Patrick O'Brian, A concise overview, richly illustrated, of the historical background to the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels and a companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea novels, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit. What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? how were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money? (W. W. Norton)--W. W. Norton, , Pob's Description Of Times., 5.5X8.5. , List Price $23.00, Your price $18.40, Book Number B00098. Go top.
Rendezvous, And Other Stories
	by Patrick O'Brian, A collection of startlingly vivid short stories from the author of the Aubrey/Maturin series. Confirms the author's place in the front rank of short-story writers as well as novelists. These are not sea stories, but will be treasured by O'Brian fans even so.--W. W. Norton, 1995, Novel, 6 X 9. , List Price $22.00, Your price $17.60, Book Number B00030. Go top.
Picasso: A Biography
	by Patrick O'Brian, Provides insights as much into Patrick O'Brian's reclusive life as to Picasso's. O'Brian who had a personal knowledge of Picasso uses Picasso's work to look more closely at the man and his life.--W. W. Norton, , , . , List Price $15.95, Your price $13.55, Book Number B00023. Go top.
Golden Ocean; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Patrick O'Brian seems to like the theme of the impoverished parson's son who joins the navy to make his fortune. That the son is Irish and we get to see a bit of Ireland as O'Brian collects his characters before putting to sea provides a bonus to readers. Midshipman Palafox joins Anson's fleet (after the usual interminable wait and until their secret is well known generally). The fleet plans to seek out Spanish ships, particularly the Manila ships, in the Pacific which means a trip around Cape Horn, a trip endangered by each day's delay into winter. Since this trip's success has been assured by history and O'Brian writes about the vast treasure in all three books covered in this summary, The Golden Ocean becomes a book about the terrible human price and the emotional roller coaster ride Palafox and his mates share.--W. W. Norton, , Novel., 6 X 8.5. , List Price $22.50, Your price $18.00, Book Number B00034. Go top.
Hussein: An Entertainment
	by Patrick O'Brian, A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared this book to Kipling's Kim and called it "a gorgeous entertainment." POB, in his early twenties, tells about a young mahout, his childhood and life in India, and his relationship and adventures with elephants, a beautiful and elusive girl, and arranges the death of a rival suitor. Fleeing the victim's family, Hussein experiences snake-charming, sword-fighting, spying, thievery, and the India of bazaars, temples, and beautiful women.--W. W. Norton, , , 6 X 6. , List Price $23.95, Your price $19.15, Book Number B00824. Go top.
Unknown Shore; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, An immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, The Unknown Shore displays all the splendid prose and attention to detail that O'Brian's readers expect. Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of exploration and adventure. The Wager was parted from Anson's squadron in the fierce storms off Cape Horn and struggled alone up the coast of Chile until she was driven against the rocks and sank. The survivors were soon involved in trouble of every kind. A surplus of rum, a disappearing stock of food, and a hard, detested captain soon drove them into drunkenness, mutiny, and bloodshed. After many months of privation, a handful of men made their way northward under the guidance of a band of Indians, at last finding safety in Valparaiso.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 6 X 8.5. , List Price $23.00, Your price $18.40, Book Number B00062. Go top.
Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda-Leopard
	by Patrick O'Brian, A stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that would later produce the Aubrey/Maturin series. Patrick O'Brian, in ill-health at age 14, began creating his first fictional character, the Panda-Leopard who appears in this picaresque, enchanting, and quite bloodthirsty story. The creature tells his life story in his words and through his eyes. Caesar, published in 1930 when POB was 15, contains the dry wit and unsentimental precision O'Brian readers savor and earned him critical approval from which he later walked away.--W. W. Norton, , , 6 X 6. , List Price $21.95, Your price $17.55, Book Number B00823. Go top.
Testimonies, A Novel
	by Patrick O'Brian, An ailing college professor seeks refuge in a far back corner of Wales where he learns about the comfort of homogenity and the extent to which families will go to protect themselves against outsiders. A critically acclaimed novel thought to have been POB's first until his true background was known. Readers will find confirmation of Patrick O'Brian's great gifts, fore-shadowing of future books, and some insight into POB's character.--W. W. Norton, , , . , List Price $20.95, Your price $16.75, Book Number B00115. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian: Collector's Set Caesar-Hussein
	by Patrick Russ/Patrick O'Brian, Two books, Caesar and Hussein: an entertainment form the collector's set, an edition limited to 1000 published by the British Library as a tribute to O'Brian. Born Richard Patrick Russ, Patrick O'Brian legally changed his name shortly after WWII and all subsequent books he wrote were signed with his new name. These two, Caeser and Hussien were originally published under his Russ name and received great praise for one so young. With this publication O'Brian acknowledged these works as his and provided the set with a new Foreword. Two volumes, in pictorial boards with leather spines, in a red cloth slipcase.--British Library, , , . , List Price $195.00, Your price $156.00, Book Number B00640. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian: Collector's Set: Caesar-Hussein Autographed
	by Patrick Russ/Patrick O'Brian, Set signed by Patrick O'Brian. Two books, Caesar and Hussein: an entertainment form the collector's set, an edition limited to 1000 published by the British Library as a tribute to O'Brian. Born Richard Patrick Russ, Patrick O'Brian legally changed his name shortly after WWII and all subsequent books he wrote were signed with his new name. These two, Caeser and Hussien were originally published under his Russ name and received great praise for one so young. With this publication O'Brian acknowledged these works as his and provided the set with a new Foreword. Two volumes, in pictorial boards with leather spines, in a red cloth slipcase, autographed.--British Library, , , . , List Price $500.00, Your price $400.00, Book Number B00808. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed
	by Dean King, A must read for Patrick O'Brian fans and famously his first biography and only one written during his lifetime. King pulls together much information about POB and his work, both before and after he legally changed his name. The biography tells the story of a writer devoted to his craft and his wife, Mary, through years of privation and seclusion only to achieve world-wide recognition and financial rewards in the last decade of his life. London Sunday Times review, Nick Rennison "A thoroughly engaging biography frequently rests on the essential mystery of its subject, and O'Brian passes that test with flying colours. He invented much of his past - including his Irishness - and broke contact with his family; he laboured for decades over his novels before Captain Aubrey and his surgeon sidekick Maturin came to the attention of the wider world and achieved 'overnight success' for him in the 1990s. Despite a marked lack of co-operation (and a certain degree of hindrance), King manages to unravel much of O'Brian's life and remains scrupulously fair. But yet again, one is presented with a portrait of a writer whose most complex creation was himself."--H. Holt, 2000, Photos., . , List Price $27.50, Your price $22.00, Book Number B00778. Go top.
Every Man Will Do His Duty
	by Dean King with John Hattendorf, Another outstanding Patrick O'Brian companion book from Dean King and his team who earlier gave POB fans both the Lexicon and Maps companion books. Patrick O'Brian frequently points to his use of original historical naval sources for his story and character ideas. King has collected many of these sources and provides splendid excerpts that capture the spirit, voice, and feel of those early times. The excerpts flow in chronological order and the narrative "baton" passes, with helpful bridging by the editors, from one actual participant to the next: William Dillon at the "glorious June first battle," impressed US seaman Jacob Nagle with the British blockade fleet harassing the French and Spanish shipping, Beatty as Nelson's doctor relates, when Nelson dies, Cochrane as proto-Aubrey taking the Gamo, until ending with a delightful tale of a post-war near duel between English naval officer and an out-spoken French officer of the Emperor. Notes and bibliography will assist the reader in finding the "roast" from which these tidbits come.--H. Holt, , 9 Maps, Illustration, Index, . , List Price $27.50, Your price $23.35, Book Number B00381. Go top.
Sea Of Words, 2nd Ed.
	by Dean King with John B. Hattendorf and J. Worth Est, A combination encyclopedia and dictionary of the more inaccessible words used in Patrick O'Brian's naval series, but you'll find essays describing the British naval establishment and naval medicine in Jack Aubrey's time. To this edition was added a timeline of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Contains only the first 18 of the 20 Aubrey-Maturin novels but with considerable savings.--H. Holt, , , . , List Price $30.00, Your price $24.00, Book Number B00436. Go top.
Russ Boxed Set-signed
	by Patrick Russ/Patrick O'Brian, Autographed by POB especially for the British Library. Born Richard Patrick Russ, Patrick O'Brian legally changed his name shortly after WWII and all subsequent books he wrote were signed with his new name. These two, Caeser and Hussien were written prior to that time and received great praise for one so young.--British Library, , Boxed Set, 5 X5. , List Price $400.00, Your price $400.00, Book Number B00641. Go top.
Lobscouse And Spotted Dog
	by Anna Grossman And Lisa Thomas, Because of the many requests for autographs of the two authors, we have arranged for a "virtual signing." Tipped into each book purchased will be a brief note from, and autographs of, Anne and Lisa. All our copies are presently first editions. Here at last--the cookbook that Patrick O'Brian's fans have been craving. A Glass of wine with you! Patrick O'Brian's much-beloved protagonist Jack Aubrey declares, in Post Captain, "How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck." So what better way to celebrate the joys of the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series than with this long-awaited cookbook, full of the food and drink that so often complement Jack and Stephen's travels? In these pages, you will find authentic early nineteenth century recipes for several mouth watering feasts, such as A Great Raised Veal, and Ham Pie, Christmas Pudding, roast Buffalo, Jam Roly Poly, Steak and Kidney Pudding, Syllabub, Treacle-Dowdy, Trifle, March pane Cakes, Pig's Trotters,of course, Spotted Dog.--W. W. Norton, , , . , List Price $29.95, Your price $25.45, Book Number B00425. Go top.
Nelson's Navy, The Ships, Men And Organization 1793-1815
	by Brian Lavery, A perfect reference companion for O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin books. Recommended by O'Brian at his National Archives lecture. Use it as "salt" for the O'Brian series, (and a unique coffee table book for office or den). Content includes contemporary drawings, new illustrations, photographs, and graphic explanations. Partial chapter list: Naval history of England's war with France, ship types, shipbuilding, officers, recruitment and seamen, seamanship, shipboard life, and battle tactics.--Naval Institute Press, , Many Illustr., Drawings, Photos, Appendices, Index, 10 X 12. , List Price $56.95, Your price $45.55, Book Number B00105. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays And A Bibliography
	by Arthur Cunningham, A valuable addition to your Patrick O'Brian collection. A "thank you" from the British Library to Patrick O'Brian for his lifetime of writing; a group of writers expressing their "appreciation" of his work. Contains a comprehensive bibliography of POB's work, his translations, their publication and reviews, and his reviews of other books. The book has five sections: a brief O'Brian autobiography; Literary Reviews by R. Ollard, J. Bayley, and Charlton Heston; Historical Perspective by N. A. M. Rodgers, B. Lavery (author of Nelson's Navy), L. J. West; two O'Brian short Stories; and an extraordinarily detailed Bibliography accompanied by a forty year collection of O'Brian reviews. The book's "centerfold" is a plate (I think by Lavery) with the profile of the HMS Surprise which, it turns out, actually existed.--W. W. Norton, , Illus., Photos, Essays By B. Lavery, C.heston, Etc, 6 X 9.5. , List Price $23.95, Your price $19.15, Book Number B00106. Go top.
Harbors And High Seas: A Map Book And Geographical Guide To The Aubrey/Maturin
	by Maps William Clips Dean King With John Hattendorf, An indispensable tool for navigating O'Brian's acclaimed novels, from the authors of A Sea of Words. One of the greatest pleasures for fans of Patrick O'Brian's immensely popular novels is following their heroes Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin to exotic locales around the world. But navigating along with the novels can be a daunting enterprise. Dean King, author of the highly successful O'Brian lexicon A Sea of Words, now offers O'Brian fans the ultimate geographical guide. Each novel is given its own chapter containing maps--created exclusively for this book--that identify all the routes, ports of call, battles, crossing, and storms relevant to the story. Every locale featured in the novels is marked, and each is listed in the book's comprehensive index. Additional maps of London and the British Isles orient the reader to much of the novels' land-based action. Period maps and illustrations add a sense of time and place, and an introductory essay provides basic information on what was common knowledge during the great age of sail: major currents, trade winds, expected sailing times, dangerous waters, and much more.--H. Holt, , 65 Maps, . , List Price $30.00, Your price $25.50, Book Number B00228. Go top.
Sea Of Words Lexicon; A,
	by Dean King, While primarily a dictionary of the more inaccessible words used in Patrick O'Brian's naval series, you'll find essays describing the British naval establishment and naval medicine in Jack Aubrey's time.--H. Holt, , Essays, More Than 3000 Definitions., 417. , List Price $27.00, Your price $22.95, Book Number B00028. Go top.
Complete Cloth Aubrey-Maturin Set (20)
	by Patrick O'Brian, Includes all twenty of the available hardback Patrick O'Brian novels in the Aubrey-Maturin series" 'Master and Commander ' 'Post Captain ' 'H.M.S. Surprise ' 'The Mauritius Command' 'Desolation Island ' 'The Fortune of War' 'The Surgeon's Mate' 'The Ionian Mission ' 'Treason's Harbour ' 'The Far Side of the World ' 'The Reverse of the Medal' 'The Letter of Marque' 'The Thirteen-Gun Salute' 'The Nutmeg of Consolation' 'The Truelove' 'The Wine-Dark Sea' 'The Commodore' 'The Yellow Admiral ' 'The Hundred Days ' 'Blue at the Mizzen' Be sure to get the partial book "21" --W. W. Norton, 2000, , 5.5X8.5. , List Price $480.00, Your price $360.00, Book Number B00756. Go top.
Master And Commander
	by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin meet. Aubrey's first command, HMS Sophie, produces military successes and political defeats while Stephen comes to grips with his past and organizes his loyalties. --W. W. Norton, 1970, Novel., 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00100. Go top.
Post Captain
	by Patrick O'Brian, Prisoner Aubrey watches his captor and host, Captain Azema of the French navy, cold bloodily batter the English brig from a distance out of range of the little brig's guns. Suddenly the situation changes and Aubrey places his hand on the eighteen-pounder's lock that Azema was aiming and says, "You must strike your colours to the brig."--W. W. Norton, 1972, Novel., 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00108. Go top.
H.M.S Surprise
	by Patrick O'Brian, Maturin, before being abandoned on a small island after a storm drives away his ship, listens to heartbreak from a wasting shipmate. Aubrey's course through the Indian Ocean leads to a battle with Linois, and tests Aubrey's leadership skills.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00088. Go top.
Mauritius Command; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey, as Commodore leading four ships, must take Mauritius Island but must achieve his goals through superiors and subordinates whose strengths and weaknesses he must accept and use. Stephen Maturin's intelligence gathering tasks leads to conflicting loyalties and friendships.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00043. Go top.
Desolation Island
	by Patrick O'Brian, Malevolently, the Dutch ship heedlessly and inexplicably pursues Aubrey through mast-high storm waves, putting the ship at great peril, blindly intent on nothing less than the destruction of Aubrey's ship. Maturin copes with a spy, an American woman, and makes a magnificent coup that cripples both French intelligence and spies within England.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00084. Go top.
Fortune Of War; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey, on board HMS Java as passenger, observes its surrender to the USS Constitution. Maturin and Aubrey in Boston cooperate to save Maturin's mission and, if possible, to escape.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00033. Go top.
Surgeon's Mate; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Maturin's marriage proposal becomes a burden and, at the same time, his secret activities have made Aubrey and him prime targets for French intelligence.--W. W. Norton, , None, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00054. Go top.
Ionian Mission; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey commands the HMS Worcester, a ship of the line, but his friendship with Maturin will be sorely tested as Maturin gains puzzling control of their mission.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00037. Go top.
Treason's Harbour
	by Patrick O'Brian, In the Red Sea, Maturin's intrigues, now more in the open to enemy intelligence require particular care since facts indicate a deeply hidden spy in English intelligence.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00068. Go top.
Far Side Of The World; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Another mission in the Pacific but this time Maturin carries a cargo secret even from Aubrey. Later the two find themselves swimming out of sight of ship and land on a quiet empty Pacific.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00119. Go top.
Reverse Of The Medal; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey missteps, or is he trapped, at the Stock Exchange. Maturin suspects connections to suspicions about his intelligence work but the threat may reveal the high placed spy and enemy. --W. W. Norton, , None, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00048. Go top.
Letter Of Marque; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey, a privateer with Maturin's financial support, seeks to recover his lost commission even more than his honor and financial health.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00040. Go top.
Thirteen-gun Salute; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, As a privateer, the Surprise provides cover for a delicate but important diplomatic mission to separate the French from the Malays.--W. W. Norton, 1989, Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00057. Go top.
Nutmeg Of Consolation; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey and Maturin sail to assist Bligh at Botany Bay. Shipwrecked, the HMS Diane find that rescuers turn into attackers, allies turn into enemies. --W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00045. Go top.
Truelove; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, The puzzling Mrs. Oakes, after coming aboard as a convict, provokes deep thoughts of love and lust, jealousy and honor, yet may have the key to the identity of Maturin's most dangerous and deeply hidden foe.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00061. Go top.
Wine-dark Sea; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey chases an American privateer across a South Atlantic turned grotesque. Maturin's dangerous Chilean mission threaten with exposure forces Aubrey into a dangerous small boat trip to warn Maturin before he is exposed.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00065. Go top.
Commodore; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey and Maturin return to England! But the on-going political intrigue threatens Stephen';s family while domestic and parental concerns tear at his heart. Stunning events force Aubrey to act to save his friend and his friend's loved ones from Aubrey's own government while preventing an Irish rebellion.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.75X 8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00118. Go top.
Yellow Admiral; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, The rise and fall of Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N. and Ship's Surgeon Stephen Maturin, is set in brilliant counterpoint to the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey. Aubrey, now a considerable, though impoverished, landowner, has dimmed his prospects at the Admiralty by his erratic voting as a member of parliament; he is feuding with his neighbor, a man with strong Navy connections who wants to enclose the common land between their estates; he is on worse terms with his wife, Sophie, whose mother has ferreted out a most damaging trove of old personal letters. Even Aubrey's exploits at sea turn sour: in the storm water off Brest he captures a French privateer laden with gold and ivory, but this is at the expense of missing a signal and deserting his post. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out. Fortunately he is not left to his own devices. Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with the news that the Chileans, to secure their independence, require a navy and the services of English officers. Jack is savoring this apparent reprieve for his career, as well as Sophie's forgiveness, when he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba. (W.W. Norton)--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 6X8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00276. Go top.
Blue At The Mizzen(1st Ed.)
	by Patrick O'Brian, The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own.--W. W. Norton, 1999, , 5.5X8.5. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00678. Go top.
Blue At The Mizzen
	by Patrick O'Brian, The excitement of the Aubrey/Maturin series soars to new heights in this volume, as Jack, again the daring frigate commander of old, stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace takes on an ugly complexion for Captain Jack Aubrey: Drunken, violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar; the desertion of nearly half his crew; and the sudden dimming of his own career prospects in a peacetime navy. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The widowed Stephen Maturin experiences a startling emotional rebirth, and an amorous adventure in a mangrove swamp with the beautiful and accomplished naturalist Christine Wood leads to a proposal of marriage. Jack, meanwhile, is persuaded to accept as a midshipman the bastard of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Young Horatio Hanson--officially unacknowledged, but clearly his father's favorite--is one of O'Brian's most engaging characters, and the distinction he earns in the coming campaign will have important repercussions on Jack's fortunes. The South American expedition is a desperate affair, starting with near disaster in the ice-choked seas far south of the Horn, and further marred by bitter divisions in the Chilean naval command. In the end it is Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet that precipitates the spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and--W. W. Norton, 1999, , 5.5X8.5. , List Price $24.95, Your price $19.95, Book Number B01264. Go top.
Hundred Days; The
	by Patrick O'Brian, Napoleon escapes from Elba, and the fate of Europe hinges on a desperate mission: Stephen Maturin must ferret out the French dictator's secret link to the powers of Islam , and Jack Aubrey must destroy it. Like a vengeful phoenix, Napoleon's armies aggressively pursue his enemies across Europe, attempting to corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive. But Napoleon has a secret plan in train, one only now revealed, to delay the Russians and Austrians, a plan dependent on finding armed support through his conversion to Islam. Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, The Hundred Days is Patrick O'Brian's most ambitious book yet, and surely one of his most rewarding. O'Brian succeeds in grafting his familiar, ever compelling characters to actions leading to the final defeat of Napoleon.--W. W. Norton, 1998, Novel, 5.6 X8.3. , List Price $24.00, Your price $19.20, Book Number B00544. Go top.
Catalans; The
	by Patrick O'Brian, A dark story of love and betrayal set against the brilliant colors of the Catalan country in southern France. This novel , long out of print, is a powerful successor to Testimonies, Patrick O'Brian's first novel written for adults. It is set in the corner of France that became O'Brian's adopted home, where the long dark wall of the Pyrenees runs headlong to meet the Mediterranean. Alan Roig returns to Saint-Feliu after years in the East and finds his family in crisis. His dour, middle-aged cousin Xavier, mayor and most powerful citizen of the town, has fallen in love and plans to marry the young daughter of the local grocer. The Roig family property is threatened by this union, and Madeleine's relative object on different grounds. Xavier is a tragic figure, damned by what he perceives as a lack of feeling; Madeleine is to be his salvation. Unfortunagely she does not return his affection, and as the feasts and harvest festivals of Saint-Feliu are played out, she finds herself falling in love Alain.--W. W. Norton, , Available in Sept 05, 5.4X8.5. , List Price $23.95, Your price $20.35, Book Number B00181. Go top.
Black Ship; The
	by Dudley Pope, Legend has it that Patrick O'Brian's editor paid that author's first manuscript what he considered to be high praise indeed: he compared it to the works of Dudley Pope. The late Pope's naval histories are renowned for the way they share the riveting, evocative character of his novels. This is true of none more than The Black Ship, a work of nonfiction that reads like a thriller. In a true story evocative of Mutiny on the Bounty, Pope recounts one of the most brutal episodes in British Naval history, the bloody mutiny aboard H.M.S. Hermione, and the Royal Navy's daring recapture of the same ship.--H. Holt, 98, , 5.5 X8.5. , List Price $30.00, Your price $24.00, Book Number B00467. Go top.
World of Jack Aubrey; The
	by David Miller, A stunningly illustrated guide to the ships, weapons, uniforms, and equipment described in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Many of the items are actual battle relics such as the coat worn by Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar.--Running Press, 2003, More than 200 illustrations, 8.5X11. , List Price $12.98, Your price $10.35, Book Number B01198. Go top.
50-gun Ship; The
	by Rif Winfield, By the end of the sailing era the 50-Gun ship was regarded too small to stand in the line of battle but too slow to serve as a frigate and dismissed by many as a naval dinasaur. Winfield reveals the crucial role played by the 50-gun ship in the British development of both the battleship and the frigate and explains the enduring role that ensured the survival of the type into the nineteenth century. An in-depth history; numerous data tables, original draughts, models, paintings, and drawings; John McKay's eye-pleasing perspective and cutaway drawings; and a separate set of large scale plans. The infamous Leopard of 1790 recorded in the novels of Patrick O'Brian gets significant attention.--Naval Institute Press, 1998, 4 Cutaway Drawings, 9.5 X11.5. , List Price $49.95, Your price $39.95, Book Number B00474. Go top.
Heavy Frigate, Eighteen-pounder Frigates: Volume 1, 1778-1800; The,
	by Robert Gardiner, The first of two volumes specifically devoted to the large single-decked cruising ships armed with 18-pounder guns. First introduced during the American Revolution, the frigates grew rapidly in size, number, importance and becoming the typical frigate of the Nelson era that we read about in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin series. --Naval Institute Press, 1995, 80 Illusts, Armament, Performance.., 10.7X10.7. , List Price $39.95, Your price $39.95, Book Number B00036. Go top.
Heart of Oak: A Sailor's Life in Nelson's Navy
	by James P. McGuane, From tar-ladles and snuff-boxes to sailmaker's fids and carronades: a gorgeous photographic essay onthe nautical worlds of Jack Aubrey. The extraordinary photography in this book was inspired by the author's reading of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels. In small museums along the English coast, and in private collections, James McGuane has recorded artifacts recovered from shipwrecks and preserved by modern conservation techniques. Taken together, these unique treasures provide a window onto the everyday life of sailors and officers in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic era. Thanks to advances in marine archaeology, it is often possible to establish the exact identity of a wrecked warship, along with the date and circumstances of its sinking. We are thus provided with a moment frozen in time: tools, clothing, utensils, weapons, and fragments of the ship itself startlingly intact. These photographs bring home to the reader-as words alone cannot-what a sailor's life in that time was really like. Also photographed here is Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, proudly preserved at Portsmouth. Victory survived the great fleet action at Trafalgar, where Nelson himself died, and it is still a commissioned ship in the Royal Navy. --W. W. Norton, 2002, History/Military, 10X11. , List Price $49.95, Your price $39.95, Book Number B01093. Go top.
Quest For Glory: John A. Dahlgren: A Biography Of Rear Admiral John A
	by Robert Schneller, A harrowingly realistic tale of eighteen-century life at sea. "Bontepelli's sea differs widely from mine, but ... none can deny that it is described with a most common vigor and conviction," Patrick O'Brian--Naval Institute Press, , , . , List Price $35.00, Your price $18.20, Book Number B00121. Go top.
Lord Cochrane: Seaman, Radical
	by A. S. LLOYD, Christopher Lloyd chronicles the true life of the fighting captain whose bold career inspired the fictin of Marryat, Forester, and O'Brian. The controversial Thomas Cochrane, know to manh as the "Sea Wolf," is second only to Nelson himself among the heroes adn legends of the Royal Navy. Renowed for his daring, skill, and enterprise, Chochrane was much revered by his men and, remarkablyh enough, later went on to command ships in the navies of Chile, Brazil, Peru, and Creece, providing outstandaing leadership in their struggles for freedom. As a Radical Member of Parliament and a staunchsupporter of reffform in its darkest hour, Cochrane stood n principle rather than n practicality and constantly found himself at the center of political firestorms. --Devotees of Patrick O'Brian's brillian nautical series will recognize aspects of Lord Cochrane in Jack Aubrey. Of special interest: the Geoff Hunt cover shows the Gamo from the quarterdeck of the Speedy as she moves in for the attack.--H. Holt, , , . , List Price $25.00, Your price $20.00, Book Number B00579. Go top.
Private Revolution of Geoffrey Frost; The
	by J. E. Fender, First volume of another naval-warfare-under-sail fiction series making a run at the Forester-O'Brian axis; our hero fights for the British during the American Revolution.--Univ Press New England, 2002, , . , List Price $25.95, Your price $20.75, Book Number B01077. Go top.
Most Secret and Confidential: Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
	by Steven E. Maffeo, In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but it also includes French and American activity. In addition the book examines how commanders used the information to develop strategy and tactics and win--or sometime lose--battles. A naval intelligence officer himself, author Steven Maffeo illustrates the role of this "dark craft" by concentrating on the experiences of Lord Nelson and his contemporaries. A profoundly complex figure, Nelson epitomized the active acquisition of intelligence and the bold execution of decisions based on an understanding of the material, and Maffeo offers fresh and illuminating information that supports the admiral's high regard for intelligence work. Reading at times like a cloak-and-dagger mystery, the story is filled with examples of how Nelson and his associates dealt with intelligence obstacles and how the outcomes affected their own futures, and, in some cases, the history of the modern world. Maffeo's anecdotes give marvelous insight into the thoughts of the era's important figures, Bonaparte, Pitt, Spencer, and Cochrane--not to mention C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin. The author's winning combination of vibrant narrative and zeal for accuracy assures this book a place in the libraries of military and intelligence professionals, historians, and Forester and O'Brian aficionados.--Naval Institute Press, , , . , List Price $34.95, Your price $27.95, Book Number B00783. Go top.
Safeguard Of The Sea: A Naval History Of Britain 660--1649; The
	by N. A. M. Rodger, Throughout the chronicle of Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integrity of the realm. Without its navy, Britain would have been a weakling among the nations of Europe, could never have built or maintained the empire, and in all likelihood would have been overrun by the armies of Napoleon and Hitler. N. A. M Rodger has produced a superb work, combining scholarship with narrative, that demonstrates how the political and social history of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength, or weakness, of her sea Power. "An uncommonly valuable book ... The most authoritative and enjoyable text on the subject that can be imagined." --Patrick O'Brian--W. W. Norton, 1998, , 6.13X9.25. , List Price $39.95, Your price $31.95, Book Number B00472. Go top.
Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: War at Sea 1756-1815
	by Bernard Ireland, A colorful history of the men, ships, and tactics that made Nelson's navy the most feared fighting force on earth. Covers how warships were built, sailed, and fought in the era made popular by Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. Text and illustrations bring the often dense technical detail to vivid life for the general reader. Acclaimed naval Artist Tony Gibbons provides illustration of every ship type.--W. W. Norton, , Color illustrations throughout., 8.L5X 11. , List Price $49.95, Your price $39.95, Book Number B00849. Go top.
Star Captains: Frigate Command in the Napoleonic Wars; The (Mar 2002)
	by Tom Wareham, Novelists from C. S. Forester to Patrick O'Brian have glorified Nelson's dashing frigate captains, but how much of their story is true? Based on detailed studies, the author of this new volumen contends that frigate commanders were an elite gourp whose careers followed separate paths from their contemporaries. They exhibited specific and highly prized skills (no pun) that were rewarded with fast-track promotions and resulted in the creation of one of the most successfull military cadres in history.--Chatham, , 24 illus., . , List Price $34.95, Your price $27.95, Book Number B01010. Go top.
Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the Naval World of Patrick O'Brian
	by Brian Lavery, No fiction writer of modern times has captured the world of wooden walls, broadsides, and the press gang as successfully as Patrick O'Brian. The twenty books in the O'Brian canon featuring the lives and adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his confidant, naval surgeon Stephen Maturin, have been lauded across the world for their blend of classic storytelling, historical accuracy, and inspired characterizations. In this new work respected naval historian Brian Lavery explores the historical framework of the O'Brian novels by examining the facts behind the grand narrative and putting the key episodes in context while detailing naval life in the era of Nelson and Napoleon. With well over a hundred illustrations, the book presents contemporary plans, drawings, engravings, maps, and photographs of museum artifacts that have inspired age-of-sail novelists and moviemakers. Introducing the book is a foreword by Peter Weir, director of the upcoming film of O'Brian's novel Master and Commander. Avid age-of-sail fans will not want to miss this colorfully detailed complement to the O'Brian series.--Naval Institute Press, 2003, 30, 8x10. , List Price $34.95, Your price $27.95, Book Number B01175. Go top.
Making of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World; The
	by Tom McGregor, The fascinating story behind one of the most highly anticipated movies to come out of Hollywood in recent years. Peter Weir's astonishing film brings Patrick O'Brian's world to life, complete with its swashbuckling adventures, brilliantly drawn characterization, romance, and intrigue. It is sure to captivate stalwart enthusiasts of O'Brian's work as well as draw in new fans everywhere. With unique access to the cast and crew, Tom McGregor traces the project, from the actors' boot camp to the filming in the Galapagos Islands and on board a replica ship (in the same studio where Titanic was filmed). With exclusive photographs and interviews with key members of the cast, including Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind), and director Peter Weir (Dead Poets' Society, Green Card, The Truman Show), this book records the painstaking work of the crew and stars in making the film as historically accurate as possible, from replicating the uniforms of Nelson's navy to bringing the gun deck of the Surprise incredibly to life. Exclusive behind-the-scenes insight and information on the history of the project are dazzlingly showcased in this unique companion, featuring the same high production standards and imagination as the film itself. 200 color photographs.--W. W. Norton, 2003, 30, 11.3X9. , List Price $29.95, Your price $23.95, Book Number B01187. Go top.
Patrick O'Brian's Navy
	by Richard O'Neill, From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed his work as a masterpiece of historical recreation. Called "the best historical novels ever written" by the New York Times, the books have sold millions of copies. This first full-color illustrated companion to the Aubrey-Maturin series, timed to coincide with the release of the blockbuster Twentieth-Century Fox film adaptation starring Russell Crowe, explains the fascinating physical details of Jack Aubrey's fictional world. An in-depth historical reference, it brings to life the political, cultural, and physical setting of O'Brian's novels. Annotated drawings, paintings, and diagrams reveal the complex parts of a ship and its rigging, weaponry, crew quarters and duties, below-deck conditions, and fighting tactics, while maps illustrate the location featured in each novel. Richard O'Neill is a writer and editor who has specialized in military history for 40 years. --Running Press, 2003, 30, 10.8X10.8. , List Price $30.00, Your price $21.00, Book Number B01192. Go top.
Prizes of War: Prize Law and the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; The
	by Richard Hill, In the Middle Ages, European nations raised land armies to fight their foes. At sea, however, their resources were much more limited and largely dependent on privately owned vessels and their crews. To stimulate the growth and ardor of their fleets, the monarchs of Renaissance Europe offered the crews of their naval vessels and licensed privateers a chance to get rich by plundering enemy ships and cargoes. These actions gave rise to the doctrine and practice of maritime prize--a subject little studied but regularly referred to by the likes of C. S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian, and other popular writers about the era. Now, after a decade of research in European and American archives, Donald Petrie explains the origins of prize taking, the rules of the sea that became universally accepted among the maritime powers of the world, and the final decline of prize taking during the nineteenth century. Most of the book is devoted to rollicking, never-before-published sea stories about this form of looting that helped define the last century of fighting sail. From the North Cape of Norway to the southern tip of Africa and from Charleston, South Carolina, to the East River of New York, these tales of high-seas adventure span a broad area and period. For readers of warfare in the days of sail, both history and fiction, Petrie has unveiled the mysteries of prize taking in a manner that is highly readable yet thoroughly authentic. His book is the first such study to be published in this country since 1861. §Donald Petrie has been a merchant seaman, soldier, lawyer, businessman, banker, politician, publisher, and lifelong small-boat sailor. He has published articles on prize taking in American Neptune and Mystic Log, which won best-essay awards. He lives in Wainscott, New York.--Sutton, , Illus., 6.5 X9.5. , List Price $44.95, Your price $38.20, Book Number B00745. Go top.
Yellow Admiral; The [POB Cover]
	by Geoff Hunt, [BOOK COVER] The Yellow Admiral - Readers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series will recognize this image as the cover artwork for book 16, "The Yellow Admiral". Edition limited to 700. Image Size: 18 1/2" x 22", Trim Size: 13 1/2" x 16 1/4" Remarques available. --Mystic Seaport, 1999, trim: 18.5 x 22, image: 13.5 x 16.3, . , List Price $150.00, Your price $150.00, Book Number B00734. Go top.
Blue at the Mizzen REMARQUE(In Memoria)
	by Geoff Hunt, [Cover] Very limited : 1, HMS Surprise in Mourning, and 2, at B01040 Upon hearing of Patrick O'Brian's death in 2000, Hunt sketched the HMS Surprise in mourning as tradition would have dictated if her captain had died. Entitled, "In Memoria," the sketch is displayed on the front of this mailer. Sketched on a signed, numbered, limited edition print.--Mystic Seaport, , , . , List Price $700.00, Your price $700.00, Book Number B00762. Go top.
Spithead Anchorage: Capt. Aubrey's Navy [POB based]
	by Geoff Hunt, A peaceful afternoon finds several of the ships and vessels associated with Patrick O'Brian's naval hero Captain Aubrey gathered together at Spithead, just off Portsmouth. From a high viewpoint, perhaps the topsail yard of a nearby ship, we look down-Solent. The Isle of Wight lies in the distance. From left to right the vessels are: Ariel, 18 gun sloop (The Surgeon's Mate); Polychrest, experimental 24-gun sloop (Post Captain); foreground Leopard, 50-gun fourth-rate (Desolation Island); Boadicea, 38-gun frigate (The Mauritius Command); Ringle, Baltimore-built armed schooner (The Commodore & c). Geoff Hunt is best known for painting the covers of Patrick O'Brian novels, where his meticulous attention to historical detail serves him well. A member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, his work is found in the Royal Naval Museum, Royal Naval Submarine Museum, Mystic Maritime Gallery and private collections worldwide.--Mystic Seaport, 2000, Image 13.8 x 21; sheet size 19 x 25.3, 13.8 X 21. , List Price $150.00, Your price $150.00, Book Number B00884. Go top.
Dispatches for Admiral Thornton. [POB based]
	by Geoff Hunt, As related in Patrick O'Brian's novel, Ionian Misssion, the Royal Navy devoted a colossal effort during the Napoleonic wars to the close blockade of the French coast, maintaining fleets of ships-of-the-line in a permanent basis in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean. It was the first time in history that blockade on such a scale ahd been attempted. While the ships-of-the-line endlessly patrolled their stations, smaller vessels ran to and fro with supplies and information. In this Mediterranean scene we see the frigate HMS Surprise arriving with dipatches for Admiral Thornton who is flying his flag in the massive 110-gun HMS Ocean. Both ships are hove-to, allowing boats to shuttle between them. The Mediterranean is sometimes far from being a peaceful sea, particularly in winter; and rain squalls are sweeping over the fleet.--Mystic Seaport, 2001, 700 S/N and 75 remarque, Image 22x13.8, Trim 26.3. , List Price $150.00, Your price $150.00, Book Number B01041. Go top.
Aubrey's Commands
	by Geoff Hunt, SOLD OUT! This picture brings together vessels from different stages in the career of Patrick O'Brian's Captain Aubrey. From right to left, the little brig-sloop Sophie, the 74 gun battleship Bellona, the ex-French frigate Surprise, and the Leopard. With the exception of Sophie, all these vessels had a real existence in the Royal Navy. The setting is the Mediterranean, scene of many of Aubrey's actions.--Mystic Seaport, , Image 20" W X 13; 24x18, . , List Price $250.00, Your price $250.00, Book Number B00473. Go top.
Fox and the Fury; The
	by Dan Parkinson, In the bestselling tradition of Patrick O'Brian, Dan Parkinson has created a rollicking sage of men at sea. From the splintering, heving hulls of frigates locked in battle to the desperate flights of merchantmen laden with cotnraband, Action-packed, authentic. The bloody rebellion Britain's American colonies had become a full-scale war, and hiding places for a fugitive were scarce. Accused of treason aginst the crown and now a renegade on the run, ex-British naval officer Patrick Dalton's future was bleak. So when he was asked to captain the Mystery, he agreed without realizing that the cargo was cannon.--Pinnacle, 1989, , 4.3X7. , List Price $4.99, Your price $4.99, Book Number B01141. Go top.
Voyage Of The "Liberdade"
	by Joshua Slocum, Think of the great captains of American sailing ships: did you miss Joshua Slocum? When Aubrey attempted to build a vessel from the "bones" of his wrecked ship on Desolation Island, was Patrick O'Brian thinking of Slocum's Liberdade? And then Solcum, this was in 1886, sailed his 35-foot craft 5,500 miles for 53 days to reach home port. A classic sea adventure.--Dover, , 25, . , List Price $4.95, Your price $4.20, Book Number B00453. Go top.
Endurance
	by F. A. Worsley, First published in 1931, Endurance tells the full story of that doomed expedition and incredible rescue, as well as relating Frank worsley's further adventures fighting U-boats in the Great War, sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic, and making one final (and successful) assault on the South Pole with Shackleton. It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the entire history of exploration. (See also Worsley's Shackleton's Boat Journey.) A preface by Patrick O'Brian draws special attention to Worsley's devotion ot his friend in both writing the book and their life outside the adventure story.--W. W. Norton, , Preface by POB, Jellicoe, 5.5 X8.3. , List Price $13.00, Your price $7.00, Book Number B00775. Go top.
Wooden World: An Anatomy Of The Georgian Navy; The,
	by N. A. M. Rodgers, Meticulously researched and most revealing account of the mighty Georgian Navy and British naval society of the 18th century. Indispensable for fans of naval and English history and the Patrick O'Brian novels.--W. W. Norton, 1996, 8 Pages Of Illustrations, 6 X9. , List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B00235. Go top.
Men O'War
	by Mike Ashley, Anthology; Kent, O'Brian, Bulmar, Forester, Styles, Woodman, and more.--Mammoth Book, , Anthology, . , List Price $13.50, Your price $11.45, Book Number B01045. Go top.
Kydd
	by Julian Stockwin, A rarity among current nautical books, a sea tale told from the viewpoint of an enlisted man, an impressed one at that. Not unlike Patrick O'Brian's _Master and Commander_ the reader learns much about the sea and particularly about serving "before the mast." The author has promised a series and this book and leads the reader from one adventure to the next. Placed in 1793, Europe is ablaze with war and the Royal Navy must rebuild itself using many young men like Kydd. How they fare and merge with the experienced seamen, how they can accept their unwanted circumstances, and how they survive is the stuff of the book. This book is a good read but also makes one realize how wonderful it was that POB could produce his latter books at the rate of one a year. I look forward to watching our new author's skills improve over the next books of the series.--Scribner, 2001, , 5.5X9. , List Price $24.00, Your price $20.40, Book Number B01004. Go top.
Cross Of St. George
	by Alexander Kent, A must read for Patrick O'Brian fans. King pulls together much information about POB and his work, both before and after he legally changed his name, the biography tells the story of a writer devoted to his craft and his wife, Mary, through years of privation and seclusion only to achieve world-wide recognition and financial rewards in the last decade of his life. London Sunday Times review, Nick Rennison PATRICK O'BRIAN: A Life Revealed by Dean King A thoroughly engaging biography frequently rests on the essential mystery of its subject, and O'Brian passes that test with flying colours. He invented much of his past - including his Irishness - and broke contact with his family; he laboured for decades over his novels before Captain Aubrey and his surgeon sidekick Maturin came to the attention of the wider world and achieved "overnight success" for him in the 1990s. Despite a marked lack of co-operation (and a certain degree of hindrance), King manages to unravel much of O'Brian's life and remains scrupulously fair. But yet again, one is presented with a portrait of a writer whose most complex creation was --Import, , , 4.3 x 7. , List Price $14.95, Your price $14.95, Book Number B00443. Go top.
Percival Keene
	by Frederick Marryat, The classic novel that gave rise to the seafaring literary tradition. Before Patrick O'Brian, before C. S. Forester, there was Frederick Marryat. His novels defined the genre and were admired by literary luminaries as diverse as Conrad, Woolf, and Hemingway. Peter Simple, the story of a young naif in Nelson's navy, is Marryat's signature work. Marked by memorable characters, a comic edge, and the kind of unerring detail that comes only from first-hand experience, this is a true masterpiece of the Golden Age of Sail. Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) actually lived the life of a sailor and fighting captain in the Royal Navy. Such was the acclaim upon publication of Peter Simple that he gave up his commission to become a full-time writer.--H. Holt, 1999, , 5.5 X 8.5. , List Price $15.00, Your price $12.75, Book Number B00667. Go top.
By Force Of Arms (1)
	by James L. Nelson, The tradition of Patrick O'Brian's epics is carried on gloriously in this first novel of a new historical naval adventure series, Revolution at Sea. Merchant sea captain Isaac Biddlecomb flees the New England coast after engaging a British man-of-war and foiling its bid to seize his illicit cargo. Plunged into the thick of the brewing rebellion, he ships out as a mate aboard a brig bound for Jamaica. But when fate casts him into the hands of a sadistic British captain, Biddlecomb's thirst for liberty is put to the ultimate test. Patrick O'Brian writes, "Authenticity runs throughout ... Nelson writes with the eagerness of a young man sailing his first command."--Bantam?, 1997, Maps And Sail Diagram, 5.3 X8.25. , List Price $14.00, Your price $11.90, Book Number B00224. Go top.
Complete Paperback Aubrey-Maturin Set (20)
	by Patrick O'Brian, Includes all twenty of the paperback Patrick O'Brian novels in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Postage included in price. 'Master and Commander ' 'Post Captain ' 'H.M.S. Surprise ' 'The Mauritius Command' 'Desolation Island ' 'The Fortune of War' 'The Surgeon's Mate' 'The Ionian Mission ' 'Treason's Harbour ' 'The Far Side of the World ' 'The Reverse of the Medal' 'The Letter of Marque' 'The Thirteen-Gun Salute' 'The Nutmeg of Consolation' 'The Truelove' 'The Wine-Dark Sea' 'The Commodore' 'The Yellow Admiral ' 'The Hundred Days ' 'Blue at the Mizzen' Be sure to get the partial book "21" --W. W. Norton, , Collected by Sea Room, 5.5X8.5. , List Price $279.00, Your price $209.25, Book Number B00757. Go top.
Master And Commander
	by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin meet. Aubrey's first command, HMS Sophie, produces military successes and political defeats while Stephen comes to grips with his past and organizes his loyalties. "The best sea story I have ever read."-Sir Francis Chichester, on Master and Commander "Re-creates with delightful subtlety, the flavor of life aboard a midget British man-of-war plying the western Mediterranean in the year 1800, a year of indecisive naval skirmishes with France and Spain. Even for a reader not especially interested in matters nautical, the author's easy command of the philosophical, political, sensual and social temper of the times flavors a rich entertainment."-Martin Levin, New York Times Book Review, on Master and Commander "A welcome treat for sea hounds."-Kirkus Reviews, on Master and Commander "The battle scenes are tremendous...This is not secondhand Forester, but a really fine piece of writing."-Sunday Mirror [London], on Master and Commander "Dashing, well-timbered, pickled in the period, and with strong human tensions and cross-currents, this is probably the best of many good novels about Nelson's navy since the loss of C. S. Forester. Certainly Aubrey, with his hangovers and impulses the extrovert antithesis of Hornblower, is a hero one hopes to hear more of."-Benedict Nightingale, The Observer, on Master and Commander "It is as though, under Mr. O'Brian's touch, those great sea-paintings at Greenwich had stirred and come alive."-Tom Pocock, Evening Standard [London] , on Master and Commander --W. W. Norton, 1970, Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00101. Go top.
Master And Commander: Movie cover
	by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin meet. Aubrey's first command, HMS Sophie, produces military successes and political defeats while Stephen comes to grips with his past and organizes his loyalties. --W. W. Norton, 1970, Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B01163. Go top.
Post Captain
	by Patrick O'Brian, "One of the finest seafaring novels of the Napoleonic wars."-R. W., Taranaki Herald (New Zealand), on Post Captain "Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them. Mr. O'Brian is a master of his period, in which his characters are finely placed, while remaining three-dimensional, thoroughly human beings. This book sets him at the very top of his genre; he does not just have the chief qualifications of a first-class historical novelist, he has them all. The actions scenes are superb; towards the end, far from being aware that one is reading what is, physically, a fairly long book, one notes with dismay that there is not much more to come....A brilliant book."-Mary Renault, on Post Captain --W. W. Norton, 1972, Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00109. Go top.
H.M.S Surprise
	by Patrick O'Brian, "Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement. H. M. S. Surprise managed it. I read it cruising through the tame Adriatic, and several times found myself forced to pace about the deck to calm my pulse....Patrick O'Brian's erudition is phenomenal, as is his capacity for creating another completely believable world. He convinces with his total accuracy even in tiny details."-Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press, on H. M. S. Surprise "His books can absorb and enthrall landlubbers like myself who do not even know the different between a jib-boom and a taffrail."-Valerine Webster, The Scotsman, on H. M. S. Surprise "The language is just right, with a full late eighteenth-century weightiness that is still free from any trace of strain or affectation....In their own field, that of the adventure story which remains faithful in its feeling for place and period, I don't see that one could wish for anything better than Mr. O'Brian's sea stories."-Julian Symons, Sunday Times [London], on H. M. S. Surprise "He has an absolute command of the period, down to the smallest detail in a description or the appropriate idiom in a conversation or a letter....Lest I traduce the book, I must quickly add that it is also a thundering good read."-Roy Palmer, Teacher, on H. M. S. Surprise --W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00089. Go top.
Mauritius Command; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, THE MAURITIUS COMMAND "Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius from the French. That campaign forms the narrative thread of this rollicking sea saga. But its substance is more beguiling still..."-Elizabeth Peer, Newsweek, on The Mauritius Command "Shot through with unobtrusive culture and period texture that flows like a serenade."-Kirkus Reviews, on The Mauritius Command "Taken together, the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all aspects of early nineteenth century life, with impeccable period detail....[Compared to Forester's characters] Aubrey and Maturin are subtler, richer items; in addition Patrick O'Brian has a gift for the comic which Forester lacks.-T. J. Binyon, Times Literary Supplement, on The Mauritius Command --W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00044. Go top.
Desolation Island
	by Patrick O'Brian, Malevolently, the Dutch ship heedlessly and inexplicably pursues Aubrey through mast-high storm waves, putting the ship at great peril, blindly intent on nothing less than the destruction of Aubrey's ship. Maturin copes with a spy, an American woman, and makes a magnificent coup that cripples both French intelligence and spies within England.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00085. Go top.
Fortune Of War; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00031. Go top.
Surgeon's Mate; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00053. Go top.
Ionian Mission; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00038. Go top.
Treason's Harbour
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00067. Go top.
Far Side Of The World; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00120. Go top.
Far Side Of The World; The, Movie cover
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B01148. Go top.
Reverse Of The Medal; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00050. Go top.
Letter Of Marque; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description..--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00041. Go top.
Thirteen-gun Salute; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, As a privateer, the Surprise provides cover for a delicate but important diplomatic mission to separate the French from the Malays.--W. W. Norton, 1989, Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00056. Go top.
Nutmeg Of Consolation; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00046. Go top.
Truelove; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See Hardback description.--W. W. Norton, , Novel, 5.25X 7.75. , List Price $13.95, Your price $11.85, Book Number B00060. Go top.
Wine-dark Sea; The,
	by Patrick O'Brian, See H